MOON KNIGHT: How The Egyptian Gods Connect to the MCU, Explained | Thor Love and Thunder Connection!

Moon Knight's third episode introduced the Ennead, the pantheon of Egyptian gods who have abandoned humanity. But where did the Ennead come from? Are they gods like Thor, or like the celestials? And how do they connect to the Eternals, Thor Love and Thunder, and the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? We're here to explain.

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The show Moon Knight is tied to Egyptian mythology. The hero works for a god, the villain is a god, and all these gods are there too–it’s a lot to process, if you don't know a lot about this lore. So, we’re here to explain what the heck the Ennead are, and how they connect to the deep, rich history of the Marvel Cinematic universe.

In the first episode, we were introduced to the group known as the Ennead [clip]. Now, in episode 3, we finally see the Ennead together and learn that they use their avatars to keep tabs on Earth.

That one line opens up so many questions. Why don’t they meddle anymore? Why did they meddle to begin with? Who exactly are they? Where are they? And why did they abandon humanity?Well, we’re here to break it down.

First, let’s go over what these beings are. In one of our earlier videos, we put out a theory where these Egyptian gods are just aliens from a different planet. They share similarities with other aliens we’ve previously seen in the MCU -magic like the Norse Gods, controlling their host bodies like Venom, etc.

In the comics, the Egyptian gods come from a dimension next to Earth called Celestial Heliopolis.Their home city is built on a small planet like Asgard. In some origin stories, the gods actually originated on Earth but traveled to Celestial Heliopolis when the pharaohs started to rule Egypt. Which we’ve also theorized about in a past video.

See, in the comics a couple supervillains have their roots in ancient Egypt. One is Apocalypse, like we saw in that movie. [go go power rangers]. Apocalypse was the first mutant, and he’s thousands of years old. So it could be that the rise of this new pharaoh, this mutant, caused the people of earth to turn away from the gods and worship him.

And the other Egyptian villain from Marvel comics is Kang the conqueror. I'm sure you know this, but Kang is the evil variant of he who remains.. In the comics he was a time traveler who went into the past to conquer egypt, and made his super high tech headquarters inside the sphinx.

If Kang conquered ancient Egypt, then this could have also caused the people to turn away from their gods.

Back to Celestial Heliopolis–it’s also known as the Overvoid. Now this seems to be the place where the gods in Moon Knight currently are, as Khonshu says.

But exactly when were these gods on Earth? Well, in the book Steven was reading, we learn that the Egyptians originally revered one god whose likeness was never represented. So there were never any statues or drawings to portray its likeness.

Over time the Egyptians split this one deity into multiple deities, each with their unique individual roles. Eventually, humans favored some gods more than others. This is similar to the Eternals, who came to Earth in 5000 BC to help civilizations prosper, with each member of the team being deified in different places around the globe.

Now there are literally hundreds of Egyptian gods, but the Ennead is the main council of gods with 9 members. There are different schools of thought on which gods are actually in the ennead–it’s like do you prefer The Van halen of Sammy Hagar or David Lee Roth.

When Ennead converges for the trial of Khonshu, we see that every avatar represents the role of their host god. The highest ranking members are Osiris, lord of the dead, his wife Isis the mother goddess, and their son Horus, god of kingship and the sky.

In the comics and egyptian mythology itself, Osiris is the god of the dead and the afterlife. His most famous myth is when he was sliced into pieces by his jealous brother Seth. His wife Essees half revived him to have their son Horus- making him the first mummy. Eventually Horus fights Seth, and aids his mother in fully reviving Osiris, giving Osiris the role of lord of the dead and afterlife. At the end of the 3rd episode, Osiris is the one to explain to Harrow of Khonshu’s imprisonment, which could be thought of as death for a god.

[ScreenCrush]

Do you have any questions about the show?

[RanggaWiratno]

Can't wait to see the Egyptian gods Winged Dragon of Ra, Slifer the Sky Dragon, and Obelisk the Tormentor.

[boreddude]

I've seen people complaining about how they left humanity for the same reason as the eternals, but I think they're missing that they say they left because humanity abandoned them. I like how their reasoning plays into the idea that the gods are lazy and arrogant.

[rorycalhoun]

It'd definitely be great if they unite the Asgardian gods, Olympian gods & Ennead in Thor Love & Thunder. Also don't forget the Taoist gods of Ta Lo!

[CellRus]

the scene when Khonsu and Marc rearranging the stars was absolutely beautiful! Love that scene, gives me the feeling for some reason.

[Natta]

The whole don't meddle thing made me think of Eternals straight away. Eternals are now going to start medelling again, Thor and his Asgard crew are now literally integrated onto earth, and gonna get Jane as a bit of an avatar of Thor. Black Panther and Wakanda has now opened up to the rest of the world. It wouldn't surprise me if Shang chi is some sort of avatar for a chinese god with those rings. This is all leading to some Gods showdown. I wonder if like in the past the main gods got together and made a deal with each other to stop medelling/squabbling over ruling man. So when Loki tried to rule earth, Odin was like FFS the pact was broken so kinda why he was super angry? Just a theory tho.

[kevinmichie]

I love the show so far, but the meeting with the gods just felt lazy.
Arthur Harrow is Khonshu's former avatar and starts a fairly good size cult to worship Ammit. He has a staff full of Ammit's power. Khonshu makes a grand gesture to point out that his former, pissed off avatar is in the desert to find Amit.
It's hard to believe that none of these gods have any power to sense bullshit.
They could have shortened the scene to:
Marc/Khonshu: Arthur found the scarab and is about to release Ammit!
Arthur: Khonshu is a dick and Marc is weird.
Gods: We agree. Khonshu is a dick and Marc is really weird. Now leave.

[ScreenCrush]

What do you think of Moon Knight, halfway through?

[GotmerKed]

I thought the introduction of the other God's was rather messy. However, if they introduced them not only to further the plot in Moon Knight but to die at the hands of Gorr as well.... I would love that.

[djtheinfinitegamer]

Asgardians are aliens in the MCU, the Egytpian gods come from the Overvoid aka Celestial Heliopolis, the origins of the Celestials are unknown, and we are seeing Greek gods in love and thunder ( Ares was also teased in Ragnarok)

[rjkgregoire]

I would lose my sh*t if Christian Bale showed up as Gorr at the end of Moon Knight like how Jonathan Majors showed up at the end of Loki. I think we need that segue into Thor Love & Thunder since we’ve seen absolutely nothing about it so far.

[robsandysimpson]

I think your breakdowns are the best on YouTube now. Newrockstars used to be up there but you’ve taken the cake for sure. This one is an the perfect example of a well thought out theory that I’m sure many people hopes is true because it would be incredible to explore. Newrockstars is over there taking about how Khonsu turned the world back in time 2000 years which obviously didn’t happen.

[archangel]

This video was super informative and entertaining. Like usual, Ryan hits these right out of the park. My biggest question to all of this is, if the Pantheon of Egyptian gods turned there backs on humanity and no longer meddle in the lives of mere mortals, then why do they still feel the need to select human avatars when they don’t really do anything? My other question is, if Gorr the God Butcher is going to be the main antagonist/ villain of Thor Love and Thunder, then that means we will most likely see him wield the Necrosword which was forged by Knull the God of the Symbiotes and Exolons. Does that mean Knull is apart of the MCU and will we be seeing him at some point in a future MCU film?

[BrockSamsonite]

Think youre missing the clue right in front of your face Ryan. Arthur harrow isn't really the avatar of ammit. He's the avatar of Anubis. He's trying to bring ammit back, so I doubt he would give up his own power if he was ammits avatar. Anubis was the one with a summonable jackal army that would weigh people's souls against a feather on the scales and if they weren't lighter than the feather they would be fed to ammit. Which makes me think harrow is Anubis's avatar in league with ammit using one of ammits artifacts. Similar to how khonshu and Hathor have a history together in Egyptian mythology because they are both gods of the sky(life), kind of like how Anubis and ammit are both gods of earth(death.)

[Kinowolf]

Based on the statues, the missing gods are probably:
Ammit (imprisoned)
Khonshu (banished)
Seth (probably banished by Horus)
Anubis (MIA)

[alexgarcia]

Wandavision is about the reality.
Falcon and the winter soldier is about power.
Loki is about time.
Hawkeye is about soul.
Moonknight is about mind.
All there is left is space

[djtheinfinitegamer]

Gorr is probably gonna cut the gods down to size. Remember the Atlanteans worship Poseidon, brother of zeus and Namor is the main villain of Black Panther 2.

[BeverlyHighland]

the actor who played as Apocalypse is the same actor who plays Moon Knight

[groxen]

Crushing it as always Ryan! Always looking forward to your breakdowns! 🔥

[Kamoblue]

Well that… clears alot up. Thanks you guys.